So following Christmas, I was so burnt out by the whole Christmas crafting thing, I just put away all of my supplies and didn’t think about things any further. I honestly had plans to post everything, but I recently realized that never happened.
So here are the pictures that were taken of the Christmas crafting projects:
The adults in our families got kitchen sets. I bought wire baskets from the dollar spot at Target (so yeah, not handmade). In them I put different combinations of cup cozies, dishcloths, pot holders, and hot pads. In addition, women got personally decorated calendars for their purse.
More pictures, of everything, can be found in my Crafting set on Flickr.
Our dads and my grandpa got these glass etched candy jars:
The nieces and nephews got canvas bags with iron on transfers of images like these:
Inside were star multi colored crayons:
games:
and other little activity things like hackeysack balls.
My friends got different things depending on their personalities, but most of them got jewelry frames based on this tutorial by Joyful Abode. No pictures of that however.
Everyone seemed to enjoy their gifts and I, for the most part, enjoyed making them. I don’t think I will ever do a completely homemade Christmas again, at least not in this sense. It’s a lot of stress, especially as it gets closer to the holiday. And I started in August, which I thought would be a lot of time, but really wasn’t. Overall a good experience, even if I wouldn’t do it again myself.
Wendy says:
Those are so cool!!! Glad you took pictures. The candy jars I’d totally forgotten about. That might need to go on my list for next year
April 7th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Jane says:
Wow, way to go Meredith! Those are awesome gifts!
April 7th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Aforementioned Thoughts » Great Grandmother’s Juice Can Stool says:
[…] I’ve started getting more and more nostalgic lately for simple things that remind me of my childhood. That’s just a part of aging I suppose. I had a great wave of nostalgia at the end of last year when making the Cup Cozies that were a staple of my childhood at both my parents’ and grandparents’ homes. They’re so cute and useful. […]
April 28th, 2008 at 6:33 pm